Bill Everdell, an author and retired history teacher, recalls the first time he pedaled out of his driveway in Edgartown destined for Brooklyn, N.Y. It was sometime in the 1970s, and he was returning...
A pet goat named Raisin, who lived in Chilmark, died of pneumonia last Wednesday.Raisin was a local and national celebrity, admired both by his owner, Tom Ashe, and the Island community, and a much...
Earlier this summer a customer entered Edgartown Bicycles with a very stylish bell on her bicycle. “Where did you get it?” said Frank Jennings, owner of the shop. Minah Worley couldn...
Earlier this summer, Daniel Goleman, psychologist, science reporter and author of the 1995 New York Times bestseller Emotional Intelligence, shared good news with an attentive audience at the Bunch...
Rick Marotta has rhythm. In fact, he has so much rhythm he was offered a position in a band as a drummer before he even knew how to play the drums. As a kid, Mr. Marotta spent a lot of time competing...
With the 154th annual Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society Livestock Show and Fair less than a week away, farmers across the Island are preparing for competition.“It’s the busiest...
Photographer Alessandra Petlin has spent 40 consecutive summers on Martha’s Vineyard at her family’s home on Wayside Farm in Chilmark.“No matter where I am in the world, and I...
The Martha’s Vineyard Museum honored three Vineyarders this week with the 2015 Martha’s Vineyard medal. This year’s recipients of the award, which honors local leadership in...
Peace activists gathered by the Gay Head Light yard at sunrise on Thursday in remembrance of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 70 years ago. Some were first timers at the vigil, for others...
Sheryl Enos rents a two-bedroom apartment that resembles a sophisticated tree house. She climbs a steep set of stairs to enter and exit the abode. She spends most of her time at home, sitting on a...
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